10. december 2011 Appeal
Birthing in the Pacific

SI Præsident Alice Wells har valgt "Birthing in the Pacific”, som sin 10. december appel (link her til power point)

Dette projekt har til formål at øge færdigheder, videreuddannelse af fødselshjælpere og forbedre faciliteterne for at mindske dødelighed og sygelighed.
For mere information læs her:
Donationer kan sendes til SI/E i Geneva for videresendelse til SI.

Increasing skills, Further Educating Birth Attendants, and improving facilities to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity

Download brochure her i pdf-format
Download Ministerial_Taskforce_report on maternal health in PNG

“Although the latest UN Statistics reported a trend that there are fewer women dying from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, globally there are still 1,000 women dying a day due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. That is like two giant jumbo jets full of women crashing down daily or 41 women dying every hour and yet no one hears about this. It’s not breaking news. But if a small 12-passenger plane crashes the news is featured on TV around the globe.” (Julie Marsaban, SISWP)

In resource poor countries, only 36% of births are attended by skilled health care worker. Less than 30% of women have a supervised delivery in a health facility. Increasing access to supervised deliveries and properly functioning health care facilities for women to deliver greatly reduces the risk of dying from complications.

Our aim is to demonstrate that a tiered model of practical education programmes, support for birthing attendants, and improved access to delivering in facilities will contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality in Papua New Guinea ('PNG').

Overall maternal mortality rate in PNG is 733 deaths per 100,000 live births. Most maternal deaths occur in the 24-48 hours surrounding delivery, where a correctly chosen suite of interventions can be most effective Untreated, death occurs on average in

· 2 hours (Post Partum Haemorrhage)
· 12 hours (Ante-Partum Haemorrhage)
· 2 days (Obstructed Labour)
· 7-10 days (Infection )

This project will provide support for……birth attendants in PNG

This project will roll out four levels of training and support for nurses and midwives, community health workers, and village birth attendants.
…mothers and babies

We will provide birthing packs, increase access to prenatal and reproductive health education, and access to supervised deliveries in functioning health facilities.
…birthing centres

As we use education to save lives, we will also ensure that resources and facilities are equipped with the necessary tools skilled birth attendants need to do their jobs.
…communities in PNG

Finally, as with all SI projects, we will work with the wider community to ensure everyone learns about reproductive health care and family planning.